Karachi (ANTARA News/AFP) - Two Pakistan Navy staff were killed in a militant attack on a naval air base in the country`s biggest city of Karachi, where troops were locked in battle with gunmen, a spokesman said Monday.

"One of our officers and one Navy personnel have been martyred," Commodore Irfan ul Haq, a spokesman for the Pakistan Navy, told AFP.

"The operation is continuing. They have completely destroyed one of Pakistan`s aircraft," he added. (*)

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